 Summary: Simons saved par on five of the last seven holes to win by one over Bill Kratzert, who missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole.

 Honoree: Francis Ouimet

1979 MAY 24-27

Tom Watson 285 (-3)

 Purse: $329,885 ($54,000)

 Summary: Watson shot a miraculous, no-bogey 69 in rain, gusting 30-mph winds and 13-degree wind chill factor on Friday on the way to a three-shot win over Miller Barber.

 Honoree: Gene Sarazen

1980 MAY 22-25

David Graham 280 (-8)

 Purse: $354,485 ($54,000)

 Summary: Graham and Tom Watson went to the 18th hole tied for the lead. Graham won with a 30-foot, downhill birdie putt. Watson missed his birdie attempt from 25 feet.

 Honoree: Byron Nelson

1981 MAY 21-24

Keith Fergus 284 (-4)

 Purse: $380,445 ($63,000)

 Summary: Craig Stadler led by three until he double-bogeyed Nos.?14 and 15, and Fergus rallied to win his first PGA Tour title.

 Honoree: Harry Vardon

1982 MAY 27-30

Ray Floyd 281 (-7)

 Purse: $380,445 ($63,000)

 Summary: Roger Maltbie set a tournament record with a 36-hole total of 10-under-par 134 and led by six strokes at the midpoint, but Floyd took the lead for good with a birdie putt at No.?13 in the final round.

 Honoree: Glenna Collett Vare

1983 MAY 26-29

Hale Irwin 281 (-7)

 Purse: $458,000 ($72,000)

 Summary: Irwin shot 69 and waited in the scorers tent as David Graham tried to become the first two-time tournament champion and Ben Crenshaw sought his first title. Neither succeeded.

 Honoree: Tommy Armour

1984 MAY 24-27

Jack Nicklaus 280 (-8)

 Purse: $565,500 ($90,000)

 Summary: Chip Beck led Nicklaus by one stroke entering the final round but struggled in a pairing with the Bear and shot 74. Nicklaus defeated Andy Bean in sudden death to become the first two-time Memorial winner.

 Honoree: Sam Snead

1985 MAY 23-26

Hale Irwin 281 (-7)

 Purse: $579,230 ($100,000)

 Summary: Irwin and Lanny Wadkins traded the lead in the final two rounds, but Wadkins bogeyed six of the first 12 holes on Sunday and Irwin held on to win by one.

 Honoree: Charles Chick Evans

1986 MAY 22-25

Hal Sutton 271 (-17)

 Purse: $577,730 ($100,000)

 Summary: Sutton became the first to break 70 in every round of the Memorial, shooting 68-69-66-68 to win by four over Don Pooley with a then-tournament-record score of 17-under 271.

 Honoree: Roberto De Vicenzo

1987 MAY 28-31

Don Pooley 272 (-16)

 Purse: $849,290 ($140,000)

 Summary: Players riddled a soft course for record numbers. Scott Hoch set marks of 13-under 131 for two rounds and 18-under 198 for three, but he blew a four-shot lead with a final-round 78. Pooley held at least a share of the lead the last 12 holes.

 Honorees: Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris

1988 MAY 28-31

Curtis Strange 274 (-14)

 Purse: $1,000,250 ($160,000)

 Summary: Strange tied the course record with a 64 in the third round to move one off the lead and followed that with a 67 for the win. He tied a course record with a 13-under 131 for the final 36 holes.

 Honoree: Patty Berg

1989 MAY 11-14

Bob Tway 277 (-11)

 Purse: $1,004,290 ($160,000)

 Summary: Tway fell four behind after four holes in the final round but gained a tie after 11 and was scintillating down the stretch.

 Honoree: Sir Henry Cotton

1990 MAY 10-13

Greg Norman 216 (par)

 Purse: $1,000,000 ($180,000)

 Summary: The earliest Memorial ever opened with temperatures near 50 degrees and a chilly, 20 mph wind that gusted to 37 mph. After a remarkable opening 69, Fred Couples kept the lead through 10 holes Saturday, when a two-hour rain delay made for a round that lasted 12 hours. But Couples had three bogeys and a double bogey on the back nine, and he lost his ball on his tee shot at No.?18, handing the lead to Norman. The Shark was declared the winner the next day when the final round was canceled after more than 2 inches of rain in the previous 24 hours made the course unplayable.

 Honoree: Jimmy Demaret

1991 MAY 16-19

Kenny Perry 273 (-15)

 Purse: $1,200,000 ($216,000)

 Summary: Perry set a course record with a 9-under 63, including an ace, to take a three-stroke lead after two rounds. Hale Irwin finished 66-65 to catch Perry at the end of regulation, but Perry won in a playoff for his first PGA Tour victory.

 Honoree: Babe Zaharias

1992 JUNE 4-7

David Edwards 273 (-15)

 Purse: $1.3 million ($234,000)

 Summary: At 15 under par, former Ohio State player Joey Sindelar led by three after three rounds. On Sunday, seven players had at least a share of the lead during a 12-hour round. With darkness near at 9 p.m., Edwards defeated Rick Fehr on the second playoff hole.

 Honoree: Joseph C. Dey Jr.

1993 JUNE 3-6

Paul Azinger 274 (-14)

 Purse: $1.4 million ($254,000)

 Summary: Payne Stewart twice took a one-stroke advantage on the back nine with birdies, and he led Azinger and Corey Pavin on No.?18, but Azinger holed his bunker shot for birdie. Stewart, stunned, three-putted for double bogey.

 Honoree: Arnold Palmer

1994 MAY 19-22

Tom Lehman 268 (-20)

 Purse: $1.5 million ($270,000)

 Summary: The Shark was on the prowl in the final round, but Lehman, in pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory, never let Greg Norman come close enough to strike. Lehman shot four consecutive 67s to establish a tournament record of 20-under 268 and win by five over Norman, who closed with a 64.

 Honoree: Mickey Wright

1995 JUNE 1-4

Greg Norman 269 (-19)

 Purse: $1.7 million ($306,000)

 Summary: Norman one-putted six of the last seven greens  birdieing three and saving par on three  to defeat David Duval by four strokes.

 Summary: Watson ended a victory drought spanning 141 PGA Tour events and nearly nine years with a 2-under 70 in the final round for a two-stroke win over fast-closing David Duval. It was the 33rd tour win for Watson, who also won the 79 Memorial, but his first since 1987.

 Honoree: Billy Casper

1997 MAY 29-JUNE 2

Vijay Singh 202 (-14)

 Purse: $1.9 million ($342,000)

 Summary: Singhs first shot on the fifth day of the tournament, a 247-yard 3-wood from the fairway at No. 11, stopped 18 inches from the pin and set up the eagle that led to his victory. The eagle put Singh at 14-under par and gave him a lead he never relinquished during the last seven holes of the third round, which also was the final round in a rain-marred Memorial.

 Honoree: Gary Player

1998 MAY 28-31

Fred Couples 271 (-17)

 Purse: $2.2 million ($396,000)

 Summary: Couples broke 70 in all four rounds (68-67-67-69) to finish four strokes ahead of

Andrew Magee.

 Honoree: Peter Thomson

1999 JUNE 3-6

Tiger Woods 273 (-15)

 Purse: $2.55 million ($459,000)

 Summary: Wayward off the tee and out of the fairway, but getting up and down for birdies and pars on eight holes, a scrambling Woods led the entire final round to win his first Memorial by two strokes over Vijay Singh, his playing partner who led by two entering the final round.

 Honoree: Ben Hogan

2000 MAY 25-29

Tiger Woods 269 (-19)

 Purse: $3.1 million ($558,000)

 Summary: In the 25th

Memorial, the 24-year-old Woods became the first to win the tournament in consecutive years. He shot a 2-under 70 in the rain-delayed final round  the tournament finished on a Monday for the second time in four years  to defeat runners-up Ernie Els and Justin Leonard by five.

 Honoree: Jack Nicklaus

2001 MAY 31-JUNE 3

Tiger Woods 271 (-17)

 Purse: $4.1 million ($738,000)

 Summary: In just his fifth

appearance, Woods wasted no time becoming the Memorials first three-time winner. He shot a 6-under 66 to come from behind in the final round and blow away the field by seven strokes, the largest margin of victory in tournament history.

 Honoree: Payne Stewart

2002 MAY 23-26

Jim Furyk 274 (-14)

 Purse: $4.5 million ($810,000)

 Summary: Fate intervened a second time for Furyk at the Memorial: He met his wife,

Tabitha, at the tournament in 1995. On Sunday in 2002, his shot out of a greenside bunker hit the pin and fell into the hole for eagle. He took a two-stroke lead and held it to the finish.

 Honorees: Bobby Locke, Kathy Whitworth

2003 MAY 29-JUNE 1

Kenny Perry 275 (-13)

 Purse: $5 million ($900,000)

 Summary: Perrys unparalleled play for the first 66 holes more than made up for five bogeys on the last six as he won by two strokes over Lee Janzen.

 Honorees: Julius Boros, Bill Campbell

2004 JUNE 3-6

Ernie Els 270 (-18)

 Purse: $5.25 million ($945,000)

 Summary: Relying on his putter to see him through a tense final-round showdown against a pair of marquee challengers, Els one-putted 11 of the last 14 greens and shot his second consecutive 6-under 66 to hold off Fred Couples and Tiger Woods in a tournament that enjoyed four rain-free days for the first time in five years. Els set a tournament record with 100 putts for four rounds.

 Honorees: Lee Trevino, Joyce Wethered

2005 JUNE 2-5

Bart Bryant 272 (-16)

 Purse: $5.5 million ($990,000)

 Summary: Bryant, a 42-year-old journeyman, outplayed bigger names in the final round and won by one stroke over Fred Couples. Tiger Woods had eight birdies and shot 68 to tie for third.

 Honorees: Cary Middlecoff, Betsy Rawls

2006 JUNE 1-4

Carl Pettersson 276 (-12)

 Purse: $5.75 million ($1,035,000)

 Summary: Pettersson led the final three rounds and finished with a two-stroke victory over Brett Wetterich and Zach Johnson. Pettersson became the first

Memorial winner to earn $1

million. All four rounds were suspended at least once by rain or the threat of lightning, and players also were taxed by furrowed bunkers instituted by Nicklaus.

 Summary: Choi, the first Korean to play the PGA Tour, shot 65 and came from five strokes back to beat Ryan Moore by one. Eleven players made runs at the lead during the final day, but Chois front-nine 30 gave him a lead he never surrendered as he one-putted 12 of 18 greens.

 Honorees: Dow Finsterwald, Louise Suggs

2008 MAY 29-JUNE 1

Kenny Perry 280 (-8)

 Purse: $6 million ($1,080,000)

 Summary: Three strokes off the lead entering the final round, Perry shot a 3-under-par 69 in which he had only one bogey in swirling wind, to win the tournament for the third time. At 47, Perry became the oldest Memorial champion and its second three-time winner, joining Tiger Woods.

 Summary: Woods equaled the lowest final round by a champion with a 7-under-par 65 and came from four strokes behind to win the Memorial for a record fourth time. After giving up the lead on No.?16, Woods birdied the final two to defeat 2002 champion Jim Furyk by one stroke. Five other golfers also held at least a share of the lead before fading on a dry, windy day. Woods hit every fairway in the final round and putted only 25 times.

 Honorees: Jackie Burke Jr., JoAnne Carner

2010 JUNE 3-6

Justin Rose 270 (-18)

 Purse: $6 million ($1,080,000)

 Summary: Rose shot a bogey-free 66 in the final round in a rally to defeat PGA Tour rookie Rickie Fowler by three strokes and

become the first British winner of the Memorial in the tournaments 35 years. It was Roses first victory in seven seasons on the American tour and his first anywhere in the world in three years. His 18-under 270 was the lowest 72-hole score in the Memorial since Tom Lehmans record 268 in 1994.

 Honoree: Seve Ballesteros

2011 JUNE 2-5

Steve Stricker 272 (-16)

 Purse: $6.2 million ($1,116,000)

 Summary: With a four-stroke lead shrinking after a 21/2-hour weather delay, Stricker made par-saving putts of 81/2 and 7 feet at the 16th and 17th holes to take a two-stroke lead to the final hole. He needed it, as a closing bogey left him with a one-stroke win over Matt Kuchar and Brandt Jobe. The victory made Stricker, 44, the highest-ranked American in the world golf ranking, at No.?4.

 Honoree: Nancy Lopez

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